• Selection of cementing additives.
• Laboratory test procedures and equipment.
• Laboratory calculations.
• Laboratory auditing including calibration, sampling and personnel competency
• Laboratory reporting quality

By the end of this RECTUS training course, participants will learn to:

• Understand the role of cementing additives, how they work in the slurry and be able to select the correct additives to achieve desired slurry properties at downhole pressure and temperature conditions
• Identify all cementing laboratory equipment, their function and operation, as well as calibration requirements
• Conduct or verify laboratory testing performed to industry standards (API/ISO)
• Perform laboratory calculation and temperature simulations
• Inspect a cementing laboratory (equipment, personnel competency, sampling and procedures)

This RECTUS training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: 

• Drilling and Completion Engineers
• Well Site leaders and Superintendents
• Service Company Technical personnel
• Operation and Field Management Personnel
• Oilfield Chemical Supplier personnel with a desire to better understand oil well cementing chemistry

Participants to this RECTUS training course will receive a thorough training on the subjects covered by the seminar outline with the Tutor utilising a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques. Seminar methodology includes classroom presentations, video illustrating testing methods, hands-on exercises and calculations and group workshops.

Day One: Cementing Principles & Cementing Chemistry 

• Introduction to Primary Cementing
• Introduction to Remedial Cementing
• Objectives of Cementing
• Cementing Slurry Properties
• Cementing Additive Selection

Day Two: Cementing Laboratory Equipment 

• Laboratory Overview
• Mixers
• Consistometers
• Rheometers & Gel Strength Testers
• Ultrasonic Cement Analyzers
• Free Fluid and Sedimentation Testers
• Spacer testers (Compatibility / Wettability)
• Set Cement Testers (Permeability/ Mechanical Properties / Expansion rings

Day Three: Cementing Laboratory Procedures 

• Rheological Properties
• Thickening Time
• Fluid Loss Control
• Free Fluid & Sedimentation
• Compressive Strength
• Spacer Testing
• Static Gel Strength
• Other Tests (Density / Foam Cementing / Expansion / Gas Migration / Mechanical Properties)

Day Four: Cementing Laboratory Calculations 

• Laboratory Analysis Request
• Laboratory Mass Calculations
• Temperature and Pressure Schedules
• Laboratory Reporting
• Lightweight Cement Tests

Day Five: Laboratory Quality Processes 

• Laboratory Safety
• Sampling
• Equipment Maintenance & Calibration
• Laboratory Technician Competency
• Laboratory Inspections and Audits

RECTUS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration